Monthly Archives: June 2014

Days 2 and 3 of my internship in Ghana.

Yesterday at work

Yesterday at work

Yesterday, I got the opportunity to meet more people at the corporate office. I talked to the different departments in our office concerning their job assignments. Later that day, my supervisor assigned me to work on questionnaires that were collected from different locations and were going to be used in their quater news letter. I started yesterday and continued today. I worked on my assignment as soon as I got the office this morning. During the afternoon, we celebrated Rex, a national service person working for my supervisor, birthday. My supervisor brought a cake, drinks and pizza to help celebrate Rex’s birthday. It was a great celebration during lunch. It has only been three days since I started my internship but I feel as though these people that I just met are my new family.

Celebrating Rex's birthday

Celebrating Rex’s birthday

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Rex standing in by his birthday cake

Rex standing in by his birthday cake

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Everyone gathering around to pray before eating

Everyone gathering around to pray before eating

Everyone gathering around to pray before eating

Everyone gathering around to pray before eating

Everyone gathering around Rex to pray before eating

Everyone gathering around Rex to pray before eating

Everyone singing happy birthday to Rex

Everyone singing happy birthday to Rex

From the left, me, Jennifer, Suzie(in the back),Adwowa and Bella

From the left, me, Jennifer, Suzie(in the back),Adwowa and Bella

My commute to work today

My commute to work today

working on my assignment

working on my assignment

typing my assignment

typing my assignment

Working on the questionnaires

Working on the questionnaires

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Celebrating Rex's birthday

Celebrating Rex’s birthday

First Few Days in Ghana

Other interns at the office

Other interns at the office

I and Jennifer, one of the interns at the office

I and Jennifer, one of the interns at the office

Other interns at the corporate office

Other interns at the corporate office

Other interns and one of our supervisors

Other interns and one of our supervisors

Lunch with some of the interns and one of our supervisors

Lunch with some of the interns and one of our supervisors

The Volta River Authority office

The Volta River Authority office

Standing in front of the Volta River Authority Office

Standing in front of the Volta River Authority Office

My commute to work in a taxi

My commute to work in a taxi

A view of where I am living from the Prisons Service Head Office

A view of where I am living from the Prisons Service Head Office

20140616_134302I arrived in Ghana on Wednesday night. On Thursday, I went to the American Embassy near Cantonment to register as a United States citizen. The embassy welcomed me to Ghana and informed me that I could register online. On Friday, I went to Volta River Authority, the corporation I will be interning for and informed them that I had arrived in Ghana. The Corporate manager told me that I would be starting on Monday(today) at 9.a.m. I was extremely anxious to start my internship because I had no idea what to expect but to my ultimate surprise, I was met with open arms and the typical Ghanaian hospitality. I met other interns who were extremely nice. During lunch, the corporate manager treated all the interns to lunch at a very fancy restaurant. After work, my other supervisor offered to give me a ride home. Overall, I had an amazing first day of work.